Reading Notes: Ballads of Robin Hood, Part A

Progress to Nottingham

  •  15 year old tall young men.
  • skilled with bow and arrow
  • Robin hood battled men in Nottingham
Little John
  • He taught the skill of archery to another young man
  • He acted as a sidekick to Robin-hood
  • They called him Little John even though he was a large man
The Butcher
  • Robinhood and Little John took the Butcher's Gold.
  • Took three hundred pounds
  • Robinhood went laughing away
The Ranger
  • Ranger confronts Robinhood telling him to leave the forest
  • Battled for 3 hours
  • Mutual respect was shown
  • Robinhood asked the Ranger to join his team
  • The ranger did and they enjoyed a great feast
The Bold Peddler
  • Similar to last tale
  • They(John and Robin) battled a man until they called a tie and dined as friends.
Allen a Dale
  • Robin hood pretends to be a harper
  • He makes music for the wedding
  • Little John dresses up as a bishop who conducts the ceremony.
Rescuing Three Squires
  • Robinhood meets the mother of three poachers
  • Disguises himself as a beggar, paying a beggar money to take his disguise.
  • Sheriff gives Robinhood his men.

                                                       Robinhood Image

Bibliography: This story is part of the Robin Hood unit. Story source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898).

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